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'''Tashkent''' ({{IPAc-en|t|æ|ʃ|ˈ|k|ɛ|n|t}}),{{efn|{{IPAc-en|USalso|t|ɑː|ʃ|ˈ|k|ɛ|n|t}}}} or '''Toshkent''' in [[Uzbek language|Uzbek]],{{efn|{{IPAc-en|t|ɒ|ʃ|ˈ|k|ɛ|n|t}}; {{lang-uz|Toshkent, Тошкент}}/ {{lang|uz-Arab|تاشکند}}, {{IPA-uz|tɒʃˈkent|IPA}}}} is the [[Capital city|capital]] and [[List of cities in Uzbekistan|largest city]] of [[Uzbekistan]].{{efn|The city was historically known as ''Chach'', ''Shash'', or ''Binkat''}} It is the most populous city in [[Central Asia]], with a population of more than 3 million people as of April 1st 2024.<ref name=toshstat/> It is located in northeastern Uzbekistan, near the border with [[Kazakhstan]].
Before [[Islam]]ic influence started in the mid-8th century AD, Tashkent was influenced by the [[Sogdian people|Sogdian]] and [[Turkic people|Turkic]] cultures. After [[Genghis Khan]] destroyed it in 1219, it was rebuilt and profited from the [[Silk Road]]. From the 18th to the 19th centuries, the city became an [[Tashkent (1784)|independent city-state]], before being re-conquered by the [[Khanate of Kokand]]. In 1865, Tashkent fell to the [[Russian Empire]]; as a result, it became the capital of [[Russian Turkestan]]. In [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] times, it witnessed major growth and demographic changes due to [[Population transfer in the Soviet Union|forced deportations]] from throughout the Soviet Union. Much of Tashkent was destroyed in the [[1966 Tashkent earthquake]], but it was soon rebuilt as a model Soviet city. It was the fourth-largest city in the Soviet Union at the time, after [[Moscow]], [[Leningrad]] and [[Kyiv]].<ref>''Praying Through the 100 Gateway Cities of the 10/40 Window'', {{ISBN|978-0-927-54580-8}}, p. 89.</ref>
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